It’s ridiculous how much I loved this neighborhood. It’s actually really fun to see your name everywhere. I was...
Read moreLeslieville(!) Toronto, Ontario, Canada – October 2018
Toronto, Ontario, Canada – October 2018
Toronto is FULL of gorgeous old architecture and landscape architecture, and equally FULL with modern – and frequently unbelievably tall – architecture. It is also bustling with a multicultural population, and I saw far fewer homeless people than I do in...
Read moreBanff National Park, Alberta, Canada – August 2018
The rain was such a gift because it scrubbed the wildfire smoke out of the sky for a day and a half, just long enough to give Mom and Dad the Rockies experience I so wanted them to have! Lake Louise the first evening, in the rain. You can barely make out Victoria...
Read moreIcefields Parkway & Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada – August 2018
The day I drove up to Calgary was crystal clear. And the next day, smoke from wildfires in British Columbia completely descended. The day after that, my sister Deb and nephew Will flew in. I felt incredibly lucky that we got as much visibility as we did, and that Deb...
Read moreGrand Forks, British Columbia, Canada – July 2019
My so very sweet friend Rae took days off of work for me!! She was the consummate host, truly. We had terrific excursions. She knows and loves the land deeply, and I really felt that being with her. Rae and Ellie gazing over Grand Forks, BC Grand Forks Grand Forks...
Read moreVancouver, British Columbia, Canada – July 2018
Indefatigable Randi-Lee and I walked around the entire perimeter of Vancouver’s downtown peninsula on Saturday. She says that’s 14.5km. (Canada is metric, eh?) It took us all gorgeous day. The day I arrived in East Van. All of Randi-Lee’s neighbors were...
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